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Interesting LA PR Experience - Anonymous employee Costa Communications Employee Review

3.0
14 June 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of hands on experience and unique situations. Opportunity to take on responsibility if you're up for it. Great location. Ray is ultimately a great guy.

Cons

Most of the reviews are correct that after all this time there are still not systems set up. He puts it on the employees to figure on out but is rarely happy with the results. He tends to hire young employees and things tend to turn into a father/child relationship with regular scoldings. I truly believe he wants the best for his clients and employees, but it's a small office and things get tense so the turnover is understandable.

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5.0
27 July 2024
Anonymous intern
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Pros

-Awesome projects/events to work on -hands on work experience -small office, so you get to really know everyone and work as a team

Cons

Unpaid internship, but you get great experience

1.0
21 Dec 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

He will buy Uber eats every once in a while.

Cons

Let employee go 4 days prior to Christmas. What a great human being. Employer is very unorganized and expects you to know what only he could possibly know regarding PR, deadlines, and events he schedules and failed to mention to be added to his calendar or research. When you ask questions to know how to prevent for next year, he gets bothered for questioning. Expects you to be pro active, but when you are,(mentioned this as one of the reasons he Let employee go) In this case for accepting a call from Meltwater to help the company in finding articles about our clients vs iqmedia. Will pay you as a contractor but will treat you as an employee. Will yell and cuss at employees daily, will threaten your job constantly, and will make constant mistakes but yet does not acknowledge them. Does not reply back to clients emails and somehow that was employee's fault. Clients are great, the work itself is great, the walking on eggshells and not knowing what will trigger an outburst is undeniable. Lied about giving pay raise once Quickbooks was taken over in house. Says he wants an organization system but yet none is in place and when attempting to do so gets mad because he says the "number one thing is PR". Talks way too much about his personal life to employees and clients. Wastes too much time on distractions that help no one.

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